# spoil vs stoic

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### spoil
*verb · IPA /spɔɪl/ · frequency rank #9,543*
To strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of arms or armour.

### stoic
*noun · IPA /ˈstəʊ.ɪk/ · frequency rank #24,008*
Proponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.

## Source
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